Association of Teacher Educators Annual Meeting - ATE

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Educator preparation program (EPP)

A university-based or alternative-route program that prepares candidates for initial teacher licensure. ATE attendees typically direct, accredit, staff or research these programs, so EPP design and accountability questions run through most conference sessions.

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Clinical practice

The supervised field component of teacher preparation, including practicum and student teaching, where a candidate works in a P-12 classroom under a cooperating teacher and a university supervisor. Clinical practice quality is a recurring ATE theme.

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Professional development school (PDS)

A formal long-term partnership between a school district and an educator preparation program in which a school serves as a site for candidate field placements, practitioner inquiry and joint professional learning for teachers and faculty.

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Teacher residency

A year-long, paid clinical preparation model in which a candidate works alongside an experienced mentor teacher while completing coursework, often with a commitment to teach in the partner district afterwards.

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CAEP accreditation

Review by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation, the US accreditor that evaluates educator preparation providers against standards covering candidate quality, clinical partnerships and program impact.

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InTASC standards

The Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium model core teaching standards, widely used by preparation programs and states to define what teachers should know and be able to do across ten domains.

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edTPA

A subject-specific, performance-based assessment in which teacher candidates submit planning commentary, video clips of instruction and student work analysis, scored against rubrics by trained evaluators.

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Induction and mentoring

Structured support for teachers in their first years in the classroom, usually pairing a novice with a trained mentor plus regular observation and feedback. Induction research is standard conference content for ATE members.

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University supervisor / field supervisor

The preparation-program staff member who observes candidates in placement, mediates between school and campus, and assigns the clinical grade. Supervision practice and workload are a distinct ATE audience interest.

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Self-study of teacher education practices (S-STEP)

A research tradition in which teacher educators systematically study their own practice, courses and programs, often presented at ATE as practitioner inquiry rather than large-scale empirical studies.

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Culturally responsive and sustaining pedagogy

Teaching that builds on students' cultural and linguistic resources rather than treating diversity as a deficit. Preparation programs embed it in methods courses and in field supervision expectations.

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Grow-your-own (GYO) programs

Pipeline strategies that recruit paraprofessionals, high school students and community members into teacher preparation, usually through district-university partnerships aimed at local staffing shortages.

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Educator pipeline and shortage

The flow of candidates from recruitment through licensure and retention. Shortages in specific subjects and regions shape how ATE members design recruitment, residency and alternative certification routes.

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Practitioner inquiry / action research

Small-scale, classroom- or program-based research cycles in which educators frame a question, collect evidence from their own setting, and adjust practice. Common format for ATE practitioner sessions.